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November 1999 Blog Posts (1)

Dear Mr. Pollan, Farming Is Not A Story

The University of Wisconsin - Madison employed author and journalist Michael Pollan to speak about “In Defense of Food” last week, as a follow-up to the book’s highly controversial selection as the first literature on the “Go Big Read” university-wide reading list. According to Feedstuffs, Pollan received $25,000 for his appearance. Does this figure seem more than a little ironic when dairy farmers are losing roughly 50 cents for each gallon of milk they produce?



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Added by Michele Payn-Knoper on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — No Comments

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